Frog Up or Down

Mitchells Construction Series 1881 – present day The preservation of construction knowledge A Reprint of the 1906 issues of the Elementary Course and Advanced and Honours courses together with a specific 40 plate reproduction of construction drawings used in the two books Ever since the initial issue of the Mitchells construction books in 1881 by Charles Frederick Mitchell, (the photo here is one of the few taken of him), no other book series has a continued presence in the construction industry. For almost 140 years, students and practitioners have referred to both the First Stage or Elementary book and the more detailed Advanced and Honours copy as the stand-alone references to construction detailing and materials, Through a prestigious career as a lecturer at The Polytechnic Institute, Regent Street, London, which became known as the Regent Street Polytechnic, and finally Westminster University, Charles F Mitchell (1859 - 1916) was the senior lecturer. His older brother Robert Mitc...

 Well it's been over a year since I lost used this blog, I could so easily blame Covid, but no, its little to do with Covid, that for me was a background story that caused so many changes. First, I stopped live, or face to face teaching and went online, this to some was the end of the world, for me it was pure joy, I love the internet as a teaching median, it allowed me so much freedom in teaching methods, I used both Teams, and Zoom, and a variety of streaming methods to show my slides. OBS or open Broadcasting System  was, and still is my favourite, the way is allows you to be a tv studio for free is amazing. So for the bulk of the time or Covid, I stayed at home, no more commuting, and no late trips home because of missed trains, or over crowded trains. I did miss though the office interaction and students, but Teams was so good, surprising really, I hate Microsoft, but Teams just worked o my Mac and Chromebook,  At the end of 2021, I decided to retire, and left the un...